Sad-iron



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL L. STORY, OF HILLSBOROUGH, KENTUCKY SAD-IRON.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 224,854, dated February 24, 1880.

Application filed November 3, 1879. i

Be it known that I, SAMUEL L. STORY, of

' Hillsborough, in the county of Fleming and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sad-Irons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in sadirons; and it consists in a spring-latch whichis pivoted upon the handle, and which has a pin attached to its lower end, in combination with a keeper, which is also attached to the handle and catches over the front of the latch, so as to prevent the latch from being moved farther than is necessary to allow the iron to be turned around, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

Figure 1 is a vertical section of my invention. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a detail.

a represents the handle, which has a hole made through its front lower end, so as to fit snugly over the projection c on the front end of the iron 01, which projection serves as a journal on which the .iron turns freely around,

so that any one of its four sides can be used. This handle a is prevented from becoming detached from the iron by means of the collar e, which is passed over the front end of the projection and held in place by means of a key or any other suitable device. At equal distances apart in this collar are made the notches g, each one of which corresponds to one of the sides of the iron, and in which the catchi on the inner side of the latch h catches for the purpose of holding the iron at in such aposition that any one of its sides can be used. This spring-latch is pivoted on the front of the handle, has the stop 0 on its outer side, and the pin 7' pivoted to its lower end.

pin passes through the projection c on the front of the iron, and through an extension, 8, on thedoor t, for the purpose of holding the door closed while ironing. When the lower latch at all.

This

constantly coming open, so that the hot weight V could drop out.

4 In order to use one latch both for locking the iron in place and locking the door shut, there is loosely fastened to the handle the swinging latch 12, which can be swung over the front of the latch, so as to rest on the projection or stop 0, or which can be made to swing freely downward without affecting the When this keeper is turned across the latch the latch can be made to draw the pin just far enough out 'to release the catch 2' from one of the notches, but not far enough to withdraw the pin from the door..

When the keeper is not across the latch the pin can be drawn far enough outto release the door, so that it can be opened to have the core inserted or removed.

As shown and described in my former patent,'a heat-protector, a2, is placed in the handle, and the two sides and end of the iron are provided with differently-shaped flutes, so that all five sides of the iron can be used.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim- The combination of the handle a, pivoted on the front end of the iron, a lever or latch pivoted on the handle and having a rod pivoted to its lower end to lock the door, and pro.- vided with a projection to lock the iron in position, with an open pivoted keeper,o, which,

have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of 0 October, 1379. p

SAMUEL LEWIS STORY.

Witnesses HARRY ANDREWS, WM. R. FLEMING. 

